Chapter 925: The Realm of 0.15 Seconds (1/2)
”It’s over…” I clenched my fists as I swore, ”F.u.c.k! How is that Song of Ice and Fire so despicable! If you’re going to fight, then fight! There’s no need to talk about these things…”
Lin Yixin: ”Hmph!”
He Yi: ”Hmph!”
Lian Xin: ”Hmph!”
I stared at Lian Xin. ”Why are you snorting, Little Xin? What does this have to do with you?”
Lian Xin smiled. ”It felt right to follow their example, so…”
Stranger of Three Lifetimes spat. ”Pooh! Bunch of shameless bastards!”
Me: ”...”
……
Meanwhile, Beiming Xue and Song of Ice and Fire were clashing once more on the battlefield. The frozen berserker had to use almost every trick up his sleeves to weather Beiming Xue’s ferocious assault, and his health regeneration methods, Ice Recovery and Health Potions, were all on cooldown. However, the fatal blow kept eluding Beiming Xue even though his HP hovered dangerously at the 10% mark. Somehow, he was always able to dodge or parry the arrow that would’ve killed him where he stood.
”Here I come!”
Song of Ice and Fire abruptly closed the distance between himself and Beiming Xue before using Barrier Break!
12883!
Not done yet, she brought down her dagger in an attempt to land the fatal blow. It might just be an archer’s melee attack, but it couldn’t be underestimated in this situation.
Anxiety growing, Song of Ice and Fire dropped to the ground and crawled like a worm for almost three meters before he finally escaped the danger. Then, he abruptly bounced back to his feet and used Frozen Flurry!
Beiming Xue gritted her teeth and rushed forward to meet him, parrying the skill with both her dagger and her bow. Amazingly, she actually managed to parry the lightning-quick skill in its entirety! Forget an archer, her close-combat skill was almost equal to the best melee fighters out there!
However, a sheen of ice froze Beiming Xue’s legs the moment she made contact with the enemy. The dark archer’s mouth fell open in shock.
Song of Ice and Fire followed up the skill with several basic attacks, and...
Swhoosh!
Beiming Xue was knocked out of the fight and the first match just like that.
……
Lin Yixin put a hand to her forehead. ”Babe, I activated my seventh-promotion skill, Rage of the Storm, and enhanced my magic and CC immunity for some time. Of course he wouldn’t be able to freeze me…”
Beiming Xue’s tears grew. ”Why didn’t you tell me sooner…”
Lin Yixin blinked once before replying, ”You’re right. I regret not reminding you that you’re an archer, not a warrior…”
Beiming Xue: ”...”
I patted her shoulder and shot her a comforting smile. ”It’s fine, it’s just one point. I’ll take revenge for you right away. Hmph hmph, I finally caught that damned undead mage!”
Beiming Xue nodded. ”Do your best, big bro!”
……
Swhoosh!
I appeared in a valley with a creek running through the center. Not far away, a brownish gray smoke rose from the ground before taking the form of the undead mage, Ringwraith. Motherf.u.c.ker, he had a cooler entrance than I did. I would’ve used Earth Escape and made my own cool entrance had I known this would happen. At any rate, it was too late to use the skill now. Mages were infamous for their plethora of AoE spells, and when I was underground my speed was slower than even a stealthing assasin’s. It would be embarrassing if Ringwraith managed to blast me out of my hidey-hole before I caught up to him first.
When Ringwraith’s opponent was a melee fighter, he would usually cast Death Rot to weaken their armor and movement speed first before chipping away at their HP with Black Dragon Wave and Galaxy Storm. If an opportunity were to present itself, he would use Bone Cage to trap his opponent in one place and cast his super AoE skill, Night of the Undead Dragon. It was a m.a.t.u.r.e system of pattern that gave him a near flawless record throughout the competition.
Back to the present. Ringwraith was glaring at me when he said, ”You sure are an interesting individual, Lu Chen. I hope you won’t regret turning down Song of Cloud and Water’s invitation repeatedly later.”
I raised my sword and responded, ”And what do I have to regret? I have been a member of Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls since the first day I joined it, and I always will be! Joining another guild was never an option for me!”
”Pooh. You are a walking example of blind loyalty. A fine bird would’ve chosen a finer tree to nest in!”
”Well said! And I’ll prove it by kicking your ass! Now come!”
The system began counting, and our heartbeats gradually grew faster—
3!
2!
1!
I took off the second the countdown hit zero, just in time to avoid catching Black Dragon Wave. As expected, Ringwraith’s attacks were like a shadow you couldn’t shake off.
Not wanting to give Ringwraith more time to blast away with impunity, I sped up drastically and shot straight toward the mage like an arrow!